What did ancient scientists and philosophers believe in the past? Were they as far off from modern science as we think? How has science changed over many centuries since Plato, Aristotle, or Carl Linnaeus? Let’s travel back in time and see what we can discover.
In this weeks episode Anastasia chats with Dr Daryn Lehoux. Daryn is a Professor of Philosophy and Classics at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada and an author of several books pertaining to ancient science and philosophy including “Creatures Born of Mud and Slime”. Daryn and Anastasia go way back to when Anastasia took Daryn’s Classics courses during her undergraduate: Ancient Science and Ancient Medicine. You can find out more about Dr. Daryn Lehoux and his work here.
An ancient computer, the Antikythera mechanism
Kepler, the star of this show
One of the books by Dr. Daryn Lehoux that we delved into in this episode.
If you’re interested in finding out more of past science check Dr. Daryn Lehoux’s other Book: What did the Romans Know?